The release of the explosive FX docuseries The Secrets of Hillsong, based on Vanity Fair‘s exposé of the controversial megachurch, which counted celebrities such as Justin Bieber, Kevin Durant, and Selena Gomez among its worshippers, is around the corner.

The first Black pastor of Hillsong, who just came aboard in June 2021, is running for the hills less than a year later.

The leader of the Australia-based global megachurch Hillsong is stepping down to fight a charge of covering up child sex offenses committed by his father, he announced Sunday.

The founder of the Sydney-based global Hillsong Church Brian Houston has stepped down from the board as he faces charges for concealing his late father’s sexual abuse of a child.